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GROLMANN, KARL WILHELM GEORG VON (1777-1843) , Prussian soldier, was See also:born in See also:Berlin on the 3oth of See also:July 1777. He entered an See also:infantry See also:regiment when scarcely thirteen, became an See also:ensign in 1795, second See also:lieutenant 1797, first lieutenant 1804 and See also:staff-See also:captain in 1805. As a subaltern he had become one of See also:Scharnhorst's intimates, • and he was distinguished for his energetic and fearless See also:character before the See also:war of 18o6, in which he served throughout, from See also:Jena to the See also:peace of See also:Tilsit, as a staff officer, and won the See also:rank of See also:major for distinguished service in See also:action. After the peace, and the downfall of See also:Prussia, he was one of the most active of Scharnhorst's assistants in the See also:work of reorganization (1809), joined the Tugendbund and endeavoured to take See also:part in See also:Schill's abortive expedition, after which he entered the See also:Austrian service as a major on the See also:general staff. Thereafter he journeyed to See also:Cadiz to assist the Spaniards against See also:Napoleon, and he led a See also:corps of See also:volunteers in the See also:defence of that See also:port against See also:Marshal See also:Victor in 181o. He was See also:present at the See also:battle of See also:Albuera, at See also:Saguntum, and at See also:Valencia, becoming a prisoner of war at the surrender of the last-named See also:place. Soon, however, he escaped to See also:Switzerland, whence See also:early in 1813 he returned to Prussia as a major on the general staff. He served successively under See also:Colonel von Dolffs and General von See also:Kleist, and as See also:commissioner at the headquarters of the See also:Russian general See also:Barclay de Tolly. He took part with Kleist in the victory of See also:Kulm, and recovered from a severe See also:wound received at that action in See also:time to be present at the battle of See also:Leipzig. He played a conspicuous part in the See also:campaign of 1814 in See also:France, after which he was made a major-general. In this rank he was appointed quartermaster-general to See also:Field Marshal See also:Prince See also:Blucher, and, after his See also:chief and See also:Gneisenau, Grolmann had the greatest See also:share in directing the Prussian operations of 1815. In the decision, on the 18th of See also:June 1815, to See also:press forward to See also:Wellington's assistance (see See also:WATERLOO CAMPAIGN), Grolmann actively concurred, and as the troops approached the battle-field, he is said to have over-come the momentary hesitation of the See also:commander-in-chief and the chief of staff by himself giving the See also:order to advance.

After the peace of 1815, Grolmann occupied important positions in the See also:

ministry of war and the general staff. His last public services were rendered in See also:Poland as commander-in-chief, and practically as See also:civil See also:administrator of the See also:province of See also:Posen. He was promoted general of infantry in 1837 and died on the 1st of June 1843, at Posen. His two sons became generals in the Prussian See also:army. The Prussian 18th infantry regiment bears his name. General von Grolmann supervised and provided much of the material for von Damitz's Gesch. See also:des Feldzugs 1815 (Berlin, 1837-1838), and Gesch. des Feldzugs 1814 in Frankreich (Berlin, 1842-1843). See v. Conrady, Leben and Wirken des Generals Karl von Grolmann (Berlin, 1894-1896).

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